Grandview

Grandma Field and "Grandpa" Howard in Grandview. This was the best pit stop on our long 18 hour drive to McCall.

Boys and their tractors. Uncle Howard letting the boys drive his brand new tractor. This is a family tradition.

They start this tradition as young boys, in fact Scott actually rode this exact same small tractor as a boy.

Hard Working Men

These are my Hard working men. And for the first time ever, I didn't have to redo the chore after they did it. Way to go boys.

Camping Prep

The boys are very excited to go to Idaho and go camping so we had some practice rounds cooking hot dogs in the back yard fire pit.

Home Depot

On the First and Third Saturdays of each month all Home Depots everywhere host a free work project. The boys can use hammers and screwdrivers to build a new project. We look forward to it every month. Here they are working hard and focusing.

Finished product. Three happy hard working men. Thanks Robert and Angelisa for introducing this tradition to us.

The Lone Ranger

We found the original black and white episodes of "The Lone Ranger". Did you know that this is him...

Ok, well one of these cowboys is him. But to my kids, they are both him. This is Grandpa Phil, aka the Lone Ranger. During the shows the boys would say, "Look, there is Grandpa Phil" Its a greats show. Bad guys, gun fights, the good cowboy always wins.

These are my Lone Rangers. They played cowboys the rest of the day. Here's to you Grandpa Phil.

Chance of a lifetime

In every family you have a wild one. In my family it happens to be my mom. For 35 years she has wanted to go on a photo safari and feed the animals at the wild animal park. Her 58th birthday was last week and it was time to unleash the cougar within her. (copywrite of this paragraph and pic belong to my sister Joy. She has a knack for saying just the right thing.)

Mom decided to take her favorite child with her. (me of coarse) and there we are, all introspective.

Oh wait, these guys came along to. Joy, Mike, Carly, Mom, and Mom's favorite. I don't know why parents say there aren't favorites. Everyone knows its me. :)

If you ever wanted to know exactly how close you come to the animals on these tours, this is how close.

It was a great day. I should have stuck with my elementary dream of being a zoo veterinarian. I'm already a pro. As long as someone else preps all the food and does all the clean up.

This picture is your reward for making it to the end of this entry. This is the best picture of the day. I call it. La Lengua.